Lose to Las Vegas and lose your division: THE NHL 2017-2018 THREAD (INCLUDING THE COYOTES SOMEHOW, PITTSBURGH HANGOVER AND OFFSEASON SHENANIGANS. HOCKEY IS THE BEST)

kinda embarrassed i had no idea who doug harvey is

There are a lot of old Canadiens who shouldn’t be on that list anymore tbrr

yeah, they can't all be top 10

so . . . vegas is leading the western conference and it's almost xmas

that is quite something

a xmas miracle?

i think not

more like a bettmaniracle

I stand by the thred title

at least the flubbing wings gave them their first L
/hangs hat

more like season shenanigans*

penguins can't score despite kessel being best

Ok so the Knights are pretty fun to watch, if a little systems-y/motor-y.

It shows how high the skill level of the league is and how absurdly great the great players are rn. The 10 best players of all time are probably playing right now

i don't necessarily disagree but i want you to name them

Lol I tried after I posted that

Crosby
Ovi
Mcdavid
Doughty
PK

Down ballot votes for Kane and Toews

Last 20 years or so add Lemieux, Lindstrom, Bourque, brodeur, Jagr,

The more time passes the more Gretz was the right man at the right time

i will fite you for malkin

Hasek

Yeah I thought about malkin. He’s deep down toward 10 tho

ugh, goalies

It’s really only brodeur. Roy was the last of the psycho goalies. Hasek was kind of a freak. After that first Chicago cup and they ditched Khabi I decided that goalies are actually fungible/glorified relief pitchers

Gretz was the right man at the right time

yes, but no one else at that time was anywhere near it

brodeur is a hall of famer and then some for 20 years but he was never a guy that clamored inside heads like hasek imo

Everyone compares Gretz to Ruth in terms of dominance over the field so that comparison is correct, I suppose. The euro influence wasn’t as pronounced as it is now.

Brodeur has kinda become the archetype for big goalies, even after the Finnish/catch everything school came around. He has a longer tail. Hasek is mythic tho, I agree.

also idk i can't personally speak to orr but i saw paul coffey and he was good but orr apparently changed the game?

Yeah Coffey was a rush guy. I believe people who say Orr was the truth. I look at D men like Doughty and Pk and think about borque a lot. Short-ish bulldozers who know where to be

Kings giving Dustin Brown a nice pregame commemorating his 1000 games played. Best LA KINGS player of all time

Well that may as yet be Robitaille or Blake

Seems weird to say Brown is the best LA player of all time when Gretzky played on that team.

Gretzky had some fine years in LA, but was also hobbled by injuries. got his team to the finals once and lost (Hrudey in goal, so i realize this this may not be fair). His best years were in Edm though.
Robitaille is my fave King all-time so i don't discount him at all, but DB is such a complete player. I've never seen anybody else lay big clean hits on people while in the same motion turn a fine offensive play the way he does. And he does it everyday. And he's captained 2 cup-winning teams.

this is nice, but maybe the bruins should have tried not falling to the ice and flailing whenever seguin came near them

Tyler Seguin just embarrassed his former team 😱🔥 pic.twitter.com/6mAgU51jjs

— Bar South N Celly™ (@BarSouthNCelly) January 15, 2018

v. impressed with 20yo carolina defenseman noah hanifin -- 6'3" and damn he can skate

rip double-j

this is really great (and long) if you have an athletic sub: https://theathletic.com/206515/2018/02/02/in-one-my-four-insane-days-trapped-in-minor-hockey-hell-with-the-brampton-beast

Kladno 7, Benátky 2

jagr had three assists in his kladno debut; petr nedved came out of retirement for one game and had a goal and an assist for benátky

rip rangers

A Message from Glen Sather and Jeff Gorton. pic.twitter.com/Q56CXS8vDc

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) February 8, 2018

I mean that’s a nice letter! It’s also long past time to blow it up!

rip blackhawks

finally

Where’s everyone going?? #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/I39yQCYh6h

— Blackhawk Up (@Blackhawk_Up) February 13, 2018

Olympic Curling is so much better with Phil Kessel 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/586PJcz2Q7

— Benstonium (@Benstonium) February 18, 2018

Good content

luongo is the best:

Roberto Luongo, a Parkland resident, with a really powerful speech before the Panthers/ Capitals game pic.twitter.com/eDoqFUixZQ

— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 23, 2018

Louuuu

bingo bango bongo

derick brassard is a pretty good third-line center

this thred title was prescient in a way that i was not anticipating

tats gone to vegas ;_;

I mean I don't keep close track of movements and cap hits and such these days but idk if ken holland is cut out for the nu nhl way of doing business

i thought that was a pretty good return except that the first-rounder won't be very high

half hoping the golden knights win the cup so all gm lose their jobs this summer.

you can make an argument for each individual move (well, not the dan girardi signing) but tampa's long-term strategy of acquiring former rangers seems questionable

720 seconds.

That’s how long it took to hit our goal of 10,000 deposits.

We’re now at 25,000 and counting.

Thank you, Seattle.#NHLSeattle

— NHL Seattle (@NHLSeattle_) March 1, 2018

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Quebec City is not going to get an NHL team anytime soon.